BACKOFFICE
\bˈakɒfɪs], \bˈakɒfɪs], \b_ˈa_k_ɒ_f_ɪ_s]\
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A suite of network server software fromMicrosoft that includes Windows NT Server, BackOfficeServer (for the integrated development, deployment, andmanagement of BackOffice applications in departments, branchoffices, and medium sized businesses); Exchange Server;Proxy Server; Site Server for intranet publishing,management, and search; Site Server Commerce Edition Forcomprehensive Internet commerce transactions; SmallBusiness Server for business operations, resource management,and customer relations; SNA Server for the integration ofexisting and new systems and data; SQL Server for scalable,reliable database and data-warehousing; Systems ManagementServer (SMS) for centralised change- andconfiguration-management.Latest version: 4.5, as of 2000-12-16. (http://microsoft.com/backofficeserver/).
By Denis Howe
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).